George Fenwick Jones, a distinguished scholar of German literature and German-American studies, died on October 28, 2010. He earned his B.A. from Emory University in 1938, his M.A. from Merton College at Oxford University in 1943 as a Rhodes Scholar, and his Ph.D. at Columbia University in 1950. He served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II in the South Pacific Theater at Guadalcanal, Vella Lavella, Bougainville, and Okinawa. George Jones taught German literature at Columbia University, Princeton University, and the University of Maryland, from which he retired and was named a professor emeritus in 1986. His interests included the German influence in the American colonies and German-Americans throughout history. His research on the Salzburger family of Ebenezer, Georgia, was the subject of many papers as well as a book, The Salzburger Saga (1984). He was awarded the Cross of Honor for Literature and Science, First Class from the Austrian government in 1982, and the Order of Merit, First Class from the Federal Republic of Germany in 1984.
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